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AI-driven techniques for enhanced efficiency in psychiatry clinical scheduling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
resource utilization and patient satisfaction. The proposed appointment systems can address the patient's unpunctuality, preference, and availability. To do this, 21 different scheduling rules (3 benchmark rules + 18 proposed rules) have been assessed...
Methods for high-resolution soil-landscape modeling in midwest upland landscapes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
translation enabled the modeling pedogenic trends in peak function parameters. Prototype numerical soil-landscape models were developed for a lithosequence and a toposequence of common soil series in northern Missouri....
Developing and evaluating the effectiveness of a place based climate change education toolkit in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Climate change is the most serious environmental issue facing humans in modern society. It is more relevant today than ever before since a massive increase in greenhouse gas...
Cleared to land in the desert: commercial air travel's role in the growth and development of Las Vegas as a world-class travel destination
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-04)
This study provides a history of commercial aviation in Las Vegas, focusing on the
powerful influence commercial air travel had with the financial help of the federal
government on Las Vegas‟s growth and development as ...
Place names of St. Louis and Jefferson County
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1939)
"Strangely fascinating are place-name, not only by their euphony, but by their romantic associations." So attractive is the study of place-name that it develops in the student a curiosity concerning the origin of all names. ...
5S : a workplace case study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Many businesses struggle with sustaining the improvements made using 5S methods. Few studies are designed to generate concepts and theory about the influencers of outcomes...
Expectation formulations and optimal decisions in cattle feedlot problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
Economic agents are continually required or assumed to make decisions based upon variables which are unknown or perhaps known with some degree of uncertainty. In order to aid the decision maker in making intelligent ...
User experience and robustness in social virtual reality applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
to maintain robustness and immersive user experience as a joint consideration to minimize disruption in service availability due to cyber attacks/faults. Specifically, effective modeling and real-time adaptation approaches need to be investigated to ensure...
Tensile strength, shear strength, and effective stress for unsaturated sand
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
It is generally accepted in geotechnical engineering that non-cohesive materials such as sands exhibit no or negligible tensile strength. However, there is significant evidence that interparticle forces arising from capillary and other pore...
An evaluation of pre- and post-timber harvest water quality in low-order streams in the Missouri Ozarks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Missouri Department of Conservation's (MDC) best management practices (BMPs) for Regenerative Oak Clear Cutting (ROCC) practice was evaluated on effectiveness to preserve downstream water quality. Fifteen sites, located on MDC lands in Shannon...
Methods of marketing Missouri apples
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Abstract taken from the Introduction section of this thesis: Missouri is the leading state in number of apple trees, yet it ranks fourth in yield and in total value. In comparison with other states, Missouri is twenty-eighth in bushels and thirty...
Wildlife response to spatial and temporal changes in forest habitat
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
A common goal in land-management planning is to describe the relationship between management actions, vegetation and wildlife habitat conditions for large landscapes. Achieving this goal can be challenging because ecological ...
Modeling pedestrian crash severity in St. Louis using random forests and mixed logit techniques
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The pedestrian-vehicle crashes in the City of St. Louis is a major concern due to the high magnitude of injuries and fatalities compared to Missouri's statewide...
Gender Perceptions: A Narratological, Social Constructivist, Case Study of the Literacy Experiences of Urban African American Male Elementary Students
(2014-09-30)
The purpose of this critical, narratological, social constructivist case study was to
explore the literacy experiences of African American males and their relationships to
masculinity in a third grade public school ...
A Narratological Heuristic Case Study of Teachers Teaching in a Blended Learning Classroom Environment
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The purpose of this narratological heuristic multiple case study is to describe the
specific components that teachers need in both their knowledge and skills to meet the
individual needs of their students in a blended ...
Egypt, the Fictive Theater of Napoleon's Glory: A Celebration of the Egyptian Campaign in Paintings, Architecture, and Decorative Arts
(2013)
The reign of Napoleon Bonaparte was one of military glory, both real and imagined. In this thesis, I examine the promotion of Napoleon's Egyptian campaign (1798-1801), perhaps the most disastrous episode of his military ...
Irrigation practices and costs in southeastern Missouri - 1959
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1961)
Field crop irrigation is a relatively new production technique in Missouri. Prior to this investigation, only United information was available concerning costs and returns. The research reported here was assigned to determine (1) the costs...
The veering path of progress : politics, race, and consensus in the north St. Louis Mark Twain Expressway fight, 1950-1956
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis examines how a complicated mix of factors converged to influence the planning, proposal, protest, and final route of the Mark Twain Expressway through St. Louis's North Side in the 1950s. To proponents, the ...
Delineation of critical management areas at plot, field, and watershed scales for claypan soils
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
and water quality and given rise to non-point source pollutants. The claypan soil region of Missouri has a high runoff potential that increases the possibility of transport of non-point source pollutants to downstream sites. The Agricultural Policy...
Power in the garden : exploring the lives of Missouri farm women and their vegetable gardens during the Great Depression
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
was primarily the responsibility of the farm woman, was an engine that helped many rural families pull through tough economic times. The home vegetable garden is an ideal place from which to explore women's agency, because it is not only a gendered site...